Desmume Saves to Drastic

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Silent
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Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Silent » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:28 pm

Is there a way to transfer my save game files from Desmume version 0.9.11 to Drastic version r2.5.0.3a on my phone?

Exophase
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Exophase » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:50 pm

Copy them to sdcard/DraStic/backup. Make sure the file name is the same as the ROM name, except with the .dsv extension.

This only applies to in-game save files (with extension .dsv), not savestates.

Silent
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Silent » Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:38 pm

I put the .dsv file for the game in the backup folder but the game doesn't seem to find the save file it only tells me to start a new game. The .dsv has the exact same name as the ROM.

Exophase
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Exophase » Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:34 pm

Could you upload the .dsv file along with the game's name/region?

Silent
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Silent » Fri Jul 29, 2016 1:36 pm

Harvest Moon DS / USA

Exophase
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Exophase » Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:18 pm

Strange, I have no problem loading that save file.

Are you sure the file name is completely exact except the extension, as in has the same capitalization of letters and any spaces?

Silent
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Silent » Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:06 pm

Yes the name is exactly the same. Im going to try to transfer a dsv for another game and see if that game will work. (Edit. Other games dsv files work except for the harvest moon one.

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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Exophase » Sat Jul 30, 2016 1:03 am

And you're sure it's the same ROM file used with DeSmuME and DraStic?

Silent
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Silent » Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:25 am

Yes I copied and pasted the ROM from my laptop to my phone.

Lordus
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Re: Desmume Saves to Drastic

Post by Lordus » Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:16 pm

The save works for me, too.
I have seen cases where filenames were slightly changed when copying a file to an Android device.
You can try using an app like ES File Explorer and copy/paste the filename from the ROM to the save again, just to make sure.

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